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Why Inclusive Education Is So Difficult to Defend and Deliver

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Meanwhile, experts have long recommended multiple, collaborative assessments to provide a more robust picture of student learning that accounts for differences in students’ strengths and backgrounds. In other words, an inclusive environment increases the likelihood that students will be interested in the learning. 2003 ; Bloom, 2009 ).

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A New Page from the Playbook of Violence, Deception, and Cowardice in the Hazing Death of Caleb Wilson

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Letters Over Life Max Gruver died in 2017 with a.496 In 2017, Timothy Piazza was pledging Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at Penn State University. Campus leaders, advisors, and national orgs must collaboratively support college chapters facing this burden. Naquin received 2 years in prison, probation, a fine, and community service.

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Harvard Transfers Historic Photos of Enslaved People in Landmark Settlement, Marking Victory for Reparative Justice

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Lanier's lawsuit alleged Harvard had profited from the images by charging licensing fees for their reproduction and using them for promotional purposes, including at a 2017 conference. This collaborative approach offers a potential model for other institutions grappling with similar artifacts. CEO Tonya M.

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Another Page from the Playbook of Violence, Deception, and Cowardice in the Hazing Death of Caleb Wilson

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Letters Over Life Max Gruver died in 2017 with a.496 In 2017, Timothy Piazza was pledging Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at Penn State University. Campus leaders, advisors, and national orgs must collaboratively support college chapters facing this burden. Naquin received 2 years in prison, probation, a fine, and community service.

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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

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Jim was one of the speakers that was easiest to understand, recalls Dr. Kevin Iga, a professor of mathematics at Pepperdine University and a collaborator on Gates work on Adinkras, regarding the time he first met Gates in the early 2000s at an annual summer workshop on math where Gates was presenting in Park City, Utah.

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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

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Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. During the same 40-year period, Black enrollment doubled.

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Testy Appointed to Lead the Association of American Law Schools

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The long-standing collaboration between LSAC and AALS and the impressive histories and strengths of both organizations will ensure a smooth transition in July,” she continued. “In Testy served as Dean and Professor of Law at University of Washington School of Law from 2009 to 2017 and at Seattle University School of Law from 2005 to 2009.